Valid land targets

Asked by RandomWizard 5 years ago

Does a card like Omen of Fire target only basic Islands or would non-basic lands that produce blue mana like Dimir Guildgate , Tropical Island or Ancient Ziggurat that makes any color also count?

Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1

First a point of order about targeting in MtG, spells and abilities only target if they specifically use the word target. This may seem a little pedantic, but it matters more than you would think. For instance here Spiritual Asylum wouldn't save lands from being bounced or sacrificed.

When something specifies a land type and doesn't say "basic" it is talking about any land with that subtype. As such Underground Sea, Watery Grave, Fetid Pools, and Sunken Hollow are all islands and will be bounced with Omen of Fire, are fetchable with Flooded Strand, and can be searched out with Farseek. Dimir Guildgate, Sunken Ruins, Drowned Catacomb, and Arcane Sanctum are not islands and don't interact with those cards. You can find if lands have any types by reading their type line. All types, supertypes, and subtypes will be listed there.

June 22, 2018 10:43 p.m.